On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 06:10:25PM -0700, James Bradley wrote: > > > On 04/20/2012 05:36 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > > On 04/20/2012 05:27 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 05:12:52PM -0700, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > >>> So as you are all aware we did not get granted approval status which > >>> we all had hoped for during this cycle as such we will not get a > >>> guaranteed shipment of CD's for the purpose of distributing to > >>> people interested in Ubuntu. > >> > >>> Nathan and I have been discussing the most cost-effective way of > >>> getting CD's produced with professional results yet at a very low > >>> cost to us since we (those who decide to contribute to the cost) > >>> will have shoulder it. > >> > >>> Does anyone have any feedback or ideas? > >> > >> Official CDs are available for sale in the Canonical store, at > >> roughly the > >> cost of media: > >> > >> http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=976 > >> > >> Do you think you'll actually be able to do them more cheaply than that > >> locally? > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > It actually would appear Canonical waives shipping price on CD's which > > is actually pretty nice... But we are still talking $200+ for 200 CD's > > I can get spindles of 100 CD's for like $15-20 and I'm not sure what > > labels would cost... The biggest thing I am concerned about is burning > > out by CD/DVD drive on my laptop. > > > As an addendum to the last email: You'd need to look into the support > for LightScribe on Ubuntu. I know it is possible, but the last time I > looked into it, some years ago, it was far from easy.
Thanks for this, I totally forgot I had a LightScribe drive or two and media for them. I followed the instructions at the following blog and it was quite easy: http://www.thepowerbase.com/2011/10/lightscribe-in-linux-make-gorgeous-discs-in-ubuntu/ You don't need to use -force-architecture anymore though! -- Brian Murray -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or
